Google rolls out chat option in payments app Tez to take on WhatsApp and Paytm

When it comes to mobile payments in India, some of the names that first come to our mind are Paytm, Google Tez and WhatsApp Payments. Paytm has been around in the market for a long time now and has become popular since demonetization in India in 2016. However, Google and WhatsApp too have jumped on this mobile payments bandwagon in India with Google Tez and WhatsApp Payments respectively. Well, in a bid to rival Paytm and WhatsApp Payments, Google is rolling out chat option in Tez

Paytm back in November last year introduced Paytm Inbox to let its users chat with each other apart from sending and requesting money. Then in February this year, WhatsApp started rolling out its UPI-based WhatsApp Payments feature that allows WhatsApp users to send money from inside the chat just like they send photos and videos.

So as you can see, Paytm and WhatsApp, both of which who have millions of users in the country, have chat and payment features up their sleeve. Hence, to take on both Paytm and WhatsApp, Google is also reportedly rolling out the chat feature in its India-exclusive mobile payments app Tez, which like WhatsApp Payments, is based on UPI (Unified Payments Interface).